Photo Enforcement or Red Light Camera Tickets are Designed to Make Money, Not Protect the Public—Truth or Myth?
Based on the following information, we ask you to decide whether red light camera tickets are money machines or protecting the public.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), each year crashes involving red light running claim the lives of more than 800 people and injure another 200,000 people. At least one half of the deaths in red light running crashes are other motorists and pedestrians, so there should be no debate about the fact that red light runners are dangerous drivers who put other road users at risk.
The Institute goes on to say that a study in Oxnard, California, showed that red light running violations dropped a total of 42% after well publicized red light camera tickets were introduced. Another IIHS study in Fairfax, Virginia, showed that red light violations declined about 40 percent after one year of red light cameras. A key to all effective traffic law enforcement is publicity; without it there is no deterrent effect, and the purpose of red light cameras is deterrence.
Photo enforcement has such a strong deterrent effect precisely because it is not like so-called "speed traps." The old image of a speed trap was that of "secret" enforcement at a location where almost every driver speeds. Officers could pick and choose whomever they wished to cite, even drivers who barely exceeded the limit.
The objective of the ominous red light camera ticket is to deter violations, not to covertly catch violators. The more public the enforcement, the better. Red light cameras are in plain sight, not hidden. There typically are publicity campaigns and signs warning drivers that photo enforcement is in use. According to IIHS, photo enforcement is fair. The cameras are programmed not to photograph vehicles turning right on red or caught in the intersection when the light changes. Only violators who meet objective criteria specifically designed to omit minor, unintended infractions are photographed. There is no potential for profiling or discrimination where photo enforcement is in use.
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